{"id":290610,"date":"2026-04-29T00:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290610\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:53:09","slug":"falcons-achieve-home-sweep-versus-oakland-bg-falcon-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290610\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcons achieve home sweep versus Oakland \u2013 BG Falcon Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BGSU softball<\/a> team (20-26) swept the Oakland Golden Grizzlies<\/a> (24-20) on Tuesday in a doubleheader, winning the first game 8-0 by run rule and winning the second game 4-3. It was the Falcons\u2019 last non-conference action of the season, and their last home series.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Game One<\/p>\n

In the first, junior outfielder Peyton Steffes<\/a> scored on a double from junior infielder Taylor Behrendt<\/a>. Behrendt then scored on a single from senior middle infielder Hannah Hunt<\/a>, a hit that also sent senior catcher Ashley Chevalier<\/a> to third.<\/p>\n

Chevalier scored on a single from redshirt-sophomore third baseman Addie Martin<\/a>. Hunt and Martin scored on a deep double from junior shortstop Cameron Kaufman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BG batted through the whole order, and Steffes got another at-bat in the first; she was caught out, but BG had recorded five runs on five hits.<\/p>\n

Senior pitcher Mackenzie Krafcik<\/a> played the whole first game on the mound. She held Oakland to one hit and zero runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defense was super on-point,\u201d Krafcik said. \u201cI knew they had my back; they had it at UMass, and I knew they would have it again today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oakland got their first and only hit in the fourth, a single by freshman outfielder Addison Caldwell<\/a>, who successfully stole second on the next at-bat. She stole third as well, but failed to score as Krafcik threw a critical strikeout.<\/p>\n

Senior outfielder Delaney Davis<\/a>, pinch-running for senior utility Katie Hutter<\/a>, scored on a bunt from freshman outfielder Hannah Simko<\/a>. The Falcons led 6-0 after four innings.<\/p>\n

At the bottom of the fifth, redshirt-freshman outfielder Jilliyn Gardner<\/a> and Martin scored to win the game on run rule, 8-0.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe executed. We actually executed one through nine,\u201d head coach Michelle Gardner<\/a> said. \u201cEvery one of them did something that we needed today, and that is a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Game Two<\/p>\n

Junior pitcher Alyvia Roth<\/a> started on the mound for the Falcons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the first inning, Simko got the Falcons on the board with a two-run homer to right field. It was her first-ever home run, at any level. Fast forward in In the second, Kaufman scored on a double from Hutter.<\/p>\n

Both offenses cooled down for a few innings. BG left two runners on base in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Krafcik came in to close out the game. She finished the day having allowed zero earned runs.<\/p>\n

Oakland got their first run in the sixth inning, as junior outfielder Brooklyn Plitz<\/a> scored on an RBI double from freshman shortstop Autumn Liebhauser<\/a>. Liebhauser and Caldwell scored on a single from sophomore infielder Kayla Turmell<\/a>. Chevalier later tagged out Turmell at home to end the half-inning.<\/p>\n

In the bottom of the sixth, freshman infielder Izzy Ray<\/a> scored on a triple by Steffes. Steffes went to score on a single by Simko, but was tagged out at home.<\/p>\n

In the seventh inning, BG held Oakland scoreless and held on to win, 4-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so good being here at Meserve,\u201d Chevalier said. \u201cThe pitchers did a great job today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Falcons finish their season with a road series against Miami, which begins on Friday at 3:00 p.m. Coverage can be found at bgfalconmedia.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BGSU softball team (20-26) swept the Oakland Golden Grizzlies (24-20) on Tuesday in a doubleheader, winning the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-290610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}